Indian Towns on River Banks – GK Notes in PDF

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Rivers play an important role in the lives of the people of India. They provide potable water, cheap transportation, electricity and livelihood for a large number of people all over the country. Also, since the land near rivers is very fertile, it serves a number of agricultural purposes too. As a result, almost all the major cities and towns of India are located by the banks of rivers. In Geography, a bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water. This article provides you with a list of Indian Towns on River Banks. Since this is an important article, download it as PDF and file it in your notes.

This topic is very important for SSC, Banking. etc. exams. Direct questions on Rivers and their Banks recently appeared in SSC CHSL exam 29th January 2017.

Almost all major rivers of India begin their journeys at one of the three main watersheds – The Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges (Northern India); the Sahyadri or the Western Ghats (Western India); or the Vindhya and Satpura mountain ranges (Central India). Most of the major rivers of India end up joining the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea.

Indian Towns on River Banks

India is a country of rivers and most Indian cities lie on the banks of some of the major rivers in India. Further, these rivers have their own tributaries and distributaries. It is important that you know about them because competitive exams like SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, RRB, etc. often ask questions related to rivers and their banks.

Towns

River bank

Agra

Yamuna

Ahmedabad

Sabarmati

Allahabad

Confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna

Ayodhya

Saryu

Badrinath

Alakananda

Bareilly

Ram Ganga

Cuttack

Mahanadi

Delhi

Yamuna

Dibrugarh

Brahmaputra

Ferozpur

Sutlej

Guwahati

Brahmaputra

Haridwar

Ganga

Hyderabad

Musi

Jabalpur

Narmada

Jamshedpur

Subarnarekha

Jaunpur

Gomti

Kanpur

Ganga

Kolkata

Hooghly

Kota

Chambal

Kurnool

Tungabhadra

Lucknow

Gomti

Ludhiana

Sutlej

Mathura

Yamuna

Nasik

Godavari

Panaji

Mandavi

Patna

Ganga

Sambalpur

Mahanadi

Srinagar

Jhelum

Srirangapatna

Cauvery

Surat

Tapti

Tiruchirappalli

Cauvery

Ujjain

Shipra

Varanasi

Ganga

Vijayvada

Krishna

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